ABC #399

COVERSTORY
HINO-CUSTOM ADVENTURER
This was a totally new
bus for the client and being
a new Hino option, it was
exciting [for Custom] to work
with Hino Australia.
which was an SB50, purchased
around three years ago.
“The Adventurer is the
replacement of the SB50, as the
SB50 has now been phased out,”
he explained.
“Some states have excluded
low-mount mirrors on school
buses, and this one was built with
Canon arm-style mirrors which are
reduce costs over the life of the
BODY BEAUTIFUL
low-mounted mirrors.
vehicle, she explains.
Though not the first new
“This was a totally new bus for the
Like all Hino products, Hino
Adventurer to come out of the
client and, being a new Hino option,
buses are built with the core brand
latest Custom-Denning stable, of
it was exciting [for Custom] to work
attributes of quality, durability and
reliability (QDR) she says - and Hino
here has been delivering buses to
the Australian market for 55 years,
she confirms.
the Turnbull’s project – the first on
a Hino platform – national sales
manager Mick Neskes confirms
the customer had bought Custom
products in the past, the last of
Above:
The ‘Euro
5’-equivalent
diesel engine
pushes out
285hp/213kW.
with Hino Australia.
“The bus is so versatile it can
be a basic school bus, mine spec,
or dressed up as a charter/
coach-style bus!” he stated.
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